Ove Bengtson

Ove Bengtson

Full name	Ove Nils Bengtson
Country (sports)	Sweden
Born	5 April 1945 Danderyd, Sweden
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	106–159
Highest ranking	No. 43 (22 November 1976)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	3R (1966, 1968, 1979)
US Open	3R (1969)
Career record	103–120

Ove Nils Bengtson (born 5 April 1945), is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 5 doubles titles. Bengtson was a member of the Swedish Davis Cup team from 1967–1979, posting a 7–14 record in singles and a 15–14 record in doubles. He was part of the Swedish team winning the 1975 Davis Cup, defeating Czechoslovakia in the final in Stockholm.^[1]

Doubles titles (5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1969	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Thomaz Koch	Owen Davidson Dennis Ralston	6–8, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	1972	Albany, U.S.	Carpet	Björn Borg	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Winner	1.	1973	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Jim McManus	Terry Addison Colin Dibley	6–2, 7–5
Winner	2.	1973	Eastbourne, England	Grass	Jim McManus	Manuel Orantes Ion Ţiriac	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	1973	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Jim McManus	Roy Emerson Stan Smith	2–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	1974	Bologna WCT, Italy	Carpet	Björn Borg	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Winner	4.	1974	London WCT, England	Hard (i)	Björn Borg	Mark Farrell John Lloyd	7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	1974	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Björn Borg	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	1975	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Björn Borg	Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes	7–6, 7–5

References

1. Christian Dahlgren (15 January 2009). "Björn Borg på nervigt uppdrag" (in Swedish). Östgöta Correspondenten. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

External links

• Ove Nils Bengtson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ove Nils Bengtson at the International Tennis Federation
• Ove Nils Bengtson at the Davis Cup